These are the excellent presentations from the Children with Cancer UK sponsored childhood cancer session organised by Professor Denis Henshaw for the 8th Princess Chulabhorn International Scientific Congress held in Thailand in November 2016.

Our highly successful 2017 conference concentrated on the latest in advanced treatments research. Our 2018 Conference is primarily concentrating on causal factors and prevention but we will also have updates on our current treatment projects and some other forms of treatment.

Click on the speaker names for more information on each presentation

Day 1 - Wednesday 12th September 2018

The Metabolic Roots of Cancer and Introduction to causal factors

08:00

Open for registration (and posters)

09:15

Welcome and Session 1
Chair: Professor Denis Henshaw

09:30

Children with Cancer UKDhivya O'Connor - CEO Children with Cancer UK
What we have achieved over 30 years and our hopes for the future

Dr Kurt Straif - Ramazzini FellowHead of Monographs, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC, WHO)
The multi-causal nature of Cancer and the IARC Monograph assessments.
Childhood Cancer: Descriptive Epidemiology, Risk factors and research Challenges

14:30

Professor Mathuros Ruchirawat - Ramazzini Fellow Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs Chulabhorn Research Institute, Bangkok
The importance of international co-operation and team working

14:50

Comfort break

15:15

Professor Catherine Metayer - University of Berkley, CaliforniaCenter for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and other cancers and the Environment (CIRCLE) and the Childhood Leukemia International Consortium (CLIC)
International and Multidisciplinary Collaborations to Advance Etiologic Research on Leukaemia and Other Cancers in Children

15:45

Chair plus panel (TBA)Plenary workshop session - what are the key questions we need to address?

16:30

Scientific Poster Viewing (water and juice available in the Poster rooms)
Also, in parallel, an advanced medical discussion forum with Professor Thomas Seyfried

Professor Catherine Metayer - University of Berkley, California
Center for Integrative Research on Childhood Leukemia and other cancers and the Environment
Clues to Increasing Trend of Childhood Leuk emia and Other Cancers in Some Populations

13:00

Lunch and poster viewing

14:00

Session 7 - Assessing the evidence – 3
Chair: TBA

14:00

Dr Juan Manuel Mejia Arangure - Children's Hospital, Federico Gomez, Mexico City, Mexico
Infection and acute leukaemia in a country with great migration and an increasing incidence of acute leukemias